Foreword R. James Cook ............................................... iii Preface .............................................................. vii Contributors .......................................................... xi 1. Principles of Biological Control .................................... 1 Samuel S. Gnanamanickam, Preeti Vasudevan, Munagala S. Reddy, Genevieve Defago, and Joseph W. Kloepper 2. Biological Control of Rice Diseases ................................ 11 Preeti Vasudevan, S.Kavitha, V.Brindha Priyadarisini, Lavanya Babujee, and Samuel S. Gnanamanickam 3. Transgenic Plants for the Management of Plant Diseases: Rice, a Case Study ....................................................... 33 Swapan K. Datta 4. Biological Control of Wheat Diseases ............................... 65 Krishnapillai Sivasithamparam 5. Biological Control of Cotton Diseases .............................. 87 Kalyan K. Mondal and Jeevan P. Verma 6. Biological Control of Tobacco Diseases ............................ 111 Bonnie H. Ownley 7. Biological Control of Peanut Diseases ............................. 131 Appa Rao Podile and G. Krishna Kishore 8. Biological Control of Sugarcane Diseases .......................... 161 D.Mohanraj, P.Padmanaban, and R.Viswanathan 9. Biological Control of Potato Pathogens ............................ 179 Barry Jacobsen 10. Biological Control of Soybean Diseases ............................ 191 Terry R. Anderson 11. Biological Control of Tomato Diseases ............................. 225 Nancy Kokalis-Burelle 12. Biological Disease Control in the Production of Apple ............. 263 Mark Mazzola 13. Biological Control of Postharvest Diseases of Citrus Fruits ....... 289 Ahmed El Ghaouth, Charles L. Wilson, Michael Wisniewski Samir Droby, Joseph L. Smilanick, and Lise Korsten 14. Biological Control of Turfgrass Diseases .......................... 313 W.Uddin and G.Viji 15. Implementation of Biological Control of Plant Diseases in Integrated Pest-Management Systems ................................ 339 X.B.Yang and Luis del Rio 16. Biocontrol Agents in Signaling Resistance ......................... 355 L.C. van Loon and Corne M.J. Pieterse 17. Comprehensive Testing of Biocontrol Agents ........................ 387 Suseelendra Desai, Munagala S. Reddy, and Joseph W. Kloepper 18. Formulation of Biological Control Agents for Pest and Disease Management ........................................................ 421 Prem Warrior, Krishnamurthy Konduru, and Preeti Vasudevan 19. Future Trends in Biocontrol ....................................... 443 Jo Handelsman Index ................................................................. 449